- Have long term use (defined as taken for 2 weeks or more in total at any time during the past 2 months) of high dose oral or parenteral glucocorticoids (high dose defined as prednisone >/= 20 mg total daily dose, or equivalent dose of other glucocorticoids); or highdose inhaled steroids (high dose defined as >800 mcg/day of beclomethasone dipropionate or equivalent);or systemic corticosteroids of any dose within the past 4 weeks.